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Casualty Week Jul 21 Lloyd’s Casualty Week contains information from worldwide sources of Marine, Non-Marine and Aviation casualties together with other reports Lloyd's relevant to the shipping, transport and insurance communities CasualtyWeek Jul 21 2006 Clemenceau back home after seven-month towage saga Decommissioned aircraft carrier is handed back to French navy in Brest after 16,000-mile towage operation, writes Jack Gaston- Friday July 21 2006 FTER a towage operation of was agreed that transfer of ownership would Without waiting for a further ruling 16,000 nautical miles the tug Sable not become effective until shortly before from India’s Supreme Court, President ACape,operated by International arrival in India. Chirac ordered the Clemenceau to return to Towage Contractors of the Netherlands, After a delay in obtaining permission for France. A contract for the return towage has handed over the aircraft carrier the convoy to transit the Suez Canal, the was agreed with the Ministère de Defence Clemenceauto French navy tugs at the Egyptian government finally accepted that and Sumatras was instructed to proceed port of Brest. the vessel was still French government towards Mombasa to rendezvous with the The arrival marked the end of a 135-day property and consequently did not fall under ITC tug Sable Cape. ocean tow that started on December 31 in the terms of the Basel Convention prohibiting The latter vessel, under the command of Toulon behind the French tug Carengue. the export of hazardous and toxic materials. Captain Savinov, rendezvoused with the Two days later, off Corsica, the Activists had submitted that the passage of Clemenceau in mid-March. Thanks to the Clemenceau was taken over by the ITC tug Clemenceau through the canal should be tug’s large fuel capacity of more than 1,500 Sumatras for the voyage to shipbreakers in prohibited under the convention, but on tonnes, Sable Cape completed the entire India via the Suez Canal. The convoy was January 24 the convoy left Suez with the tug tow with Clemenceau from off Mombasa to escorted by French navy frigate Aconit. fully bunkered and Captain Leen van Dijke in Brest via the Cape of Good Hope non-stop During the tow through the command. The French navy boarded the carrier off Mediterranean, Clemenceau was boarded by Further discussions took place at the Dakar for inspection and arrival activists from Greenpeace protesting that highest political level between France and preparations and for the final leg of the asbestos, PCBs and other toxic chemicals India to try to reach an agreement on delivery voyage the tug and tow was escorted by the remained on board the carrier. of the Clemenceau to the shipbreakers. frigate Germinal. The vessel was disarmed and Although the Indian Supreme Court had Ironically, the long round trip confirmed decommissioned in 1997, the French ruled last year that the vessel could be taken that Clemenceau is still a very sound vessel government stating that the majority of the to India after 98% of the asbestos on board with excellent sea keeping qualities and in toxic materials had been removed prior to had been removed, the correct amount of the eyes of ITC was an easy ship to tow. sailing from France and only a small quantity hazardous waste still on board ITC thanked French naval staff for their of 45 tonnes remained. Clemenceauwas disputed. During those talks, “valuable and professional assistance” The 26,000 tonne warship was purchased the tug kept the carrier under way at sea in a saying that the long haul went smoothly on from the French government by the Ship safe location well outside any territorial the high seas with storms restricted to the Decommissioning Industry Corporation but it waters. court and conference rooms. EDITOR Stephen Legall Tel +44 020 7017 5228 SUBSCRIPTIONS: ADVERTISEMENTS Scott Magrowski Mike Smith Tel: +44 (0) 20 7017 4720 Tel +44 (0) 20 7017 4488 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 Fax +44 (0) 20 7017 5007 Email: email [email protected] [email protected] Lloyd's is the registered trade mark of the Society incorporated by the Lloyd's Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd's A complete online archive covering the last 10 years of Lloyd’s Casualty Week. For further information please call +44 (0) 20 7017 4779. Summary of Major Cases in this week’s issue of Lloyd’s Casualty Week Vessel Type Flag Class G T DWT Blt Casualty ALCANTARA ro-ro CNI BV 3,265 198 1995 Grounded by stern on the Androna rock while attempting to dock in Denia harbour Jul 4. Entered port and 2 metres of water pumped out of engine-room. To be taken to Cartagena for repairs. ANA B. chem/oil PAN BV 3,545 6,103 1981 Reported Jul 10 aground downriver of Manaus, tanker River Amazon. Salvage contract signed and situation being assessed. ANNA chemical GEO BV 4,312 7,264 1985 Struck the Kalpaka Bridge in the Karaosta tanker channel, Liepaja, while leaving the port on Jul 12. Sustained minor bow damage and will be towed to Tosmare Shipyard, Liepaja. ARABIAN SUN product LBR BV 2,467 5,474 1990 Towed into Fujairah Jul 9 after sustaining tanker engine failure and drifting on Jun 25 off Mumbai High oilfield. BENEGAS lpg PAN NK 6,222 6,110 1981 Had fire while docking at the temper platform in Aqaba Jul 13. Towed to open sea, where fire extinguished and crew removed. DOLLART GAS lpg CYP GL 4,200 5,688 1990 Reported in lat 25 05N, long 120 21E, Jul 13, with engine problems and loss of power. Crew attempting to repair. EL MORRO tug USA 191 — 1966 Had fire in engine-room after leaving Barahona Jul 8. Controlled after an hour. Returned to Barahona on one engine and safely moored. Sailed Jul 12 to Las Calderas for repairs. ENTERPRISE bulker ATG NV 6,389 8,709 1985 Reported Jul 11 drifting in the Bass Strait due to engine trouble. Anchored 140 miles off Melbourne awaiting tug. Under tow for Melbourne Jul 13, where ETA Jul 15. FIDELITY product PAN — 26,959 44,951 1984 Grounded near Rosario, River Parana, Jul 5. tanker LOF signed with Tsavliris. Refloated by two tugs Jul 10 and awaiting underwater inspection. No damage found. Resumed voyage. KAPITAN refrig RUS GL 6,369 7,020 1980 In collision with product tanker San Carlo at DUDIN 1 Chittagong outer anchorage Jul 8. Vessel awaiting beaching for scrap. LASS URANUS general DEU GL 1,512 2,386 1992 In collision with container carrier Xin Fu Zhou on the River Elbe, Jul 12. Severely damaged at the bow. Returned to Hamburg for investigation. MARIS bulker HND IR 20,854 35,224 1975 "Fallen onto" by product tanker Atlantica I while anchored at Chittagong outer roads Jul 12. Water ingress through hatch No.1. Investigation under way. POLARIS S. bulker PAN LR 14,951 25,025 1981 Grounded in the Preveza channel, about 2 miles from Preveza, Jul 7. Still aground Jul 13. Two tugs on scene. SAN CARLO product MLT — 17,672 31,500 1977 In collision with Kapitan Dudin 1 at Chittagong tanker outer anchorage Jul 8. To be scrapped. XIN FU ZHOU container CHN CS 66,452 69,303 2004 In collision with general cargo Lass Uranus in the River Elbe Jul 12. Proceeded to Brunsbuttel. ETA Hamburg Jul 13 for repairs. (ii) CONTENTS The following reports are reprinted from Lloyd’s List Reports appear in alphabetical Wijsmuller Salvage BV. Salvors are order under the following assessing the situation prior to headings and relevant page number: commencement of refloating efforts. London, Jul 12 — A SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage report, Marine, including Overdue dated Jul 8, states: SvitzerWijsmuller & Missing Vessels 1 Salvage was contracted on Jul 8 to salve a 109-metre gasoil tanker Port State Control 1 1 A.TURTLE (Combined chemical and oil tank Ana See PXXI. B.) loaded with some 3,600 tons gasoil, Seizures & Arrests 1 1 aground on the Amazon River. The ALCANTARA (Canary Islands) tanker is aground relatively close to London, Jul 6 — A press report, Manaus. Salvage team members from dated today, states: Passenger ro/ro Pipeline Accidents 1 3 the SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage office Alcantara, 3265 gt, built 1995) ran and warehouses in Rio and Macae are aground on its stern on the Androna being mobilised to the site with Pollution 1 3 rock as it was attempting to dock in further back-up from The Netherlands the harbour at Denia on Jul 4. The and Argentina being moved in. Oil Weather & Navigation 1 3 ferry managed to come into port and pollution abatement staff and dock without any of the 17 passengers equipment is also mobilised in as a noticing what had happened, but Earthquakes 1 7 contingency. The currents in the river firemen soon started pumping out the will make the operation more seawater that was starting to flow into complicated. Volcanic Activity 1 7 the ferry as it lay at the quayside, with as much as two metres of water lying in the engine-room. Underwater ANDRE (Hong Kong) Political & Civil Unrest 1 7 Vancouver, Jul 11 — A press report, soldering equipment was called in and dated today, states: At least three the stricken ferry will now be taken to heavily oiled cormorants have died Labour Disputes 2 4 a shipyard in Cartagena to complete and reports of injured wildlife are the repairs. growing as a result of last Tuesday’s London, July 7 — A press report, Awards & Settlements 2 6 (Jul 4) toxic fuel spill in Burrard Inlet. dated July 6, states: Passenger ro/ro The heavy slick, which had settled Alcantara that covers the Eivissa- about half a metre below the surface, Railway Accidents 2 6 Denia route grazed submerged rocks put fish-diving birds such as Tuesday night.
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